| 9. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 20:9:1 ⧉אִם־תָּב֨וֹאimtavoif it comes 2 Chronicles 20:9:2 ⧉עָלֵ֜ינוּalenuupon us 2 Chronicles 20:9:3 ⧉רָעָ֗הraaevil or calamity 2 Chronicles 20:9:4 ⧉חֶרֶב֮kherevsword 2 Chronicles 20:9:5 ⧉שְׁפוֹט֮shefotjudgment 2 Chronicles 20:9:6 ⧉וְדֶ֣בֶרvedeverand pestilence 2 Chronicles 20:9:7 ⧉וְרָעָב֒veraavand famine 2 Chronicles 20:9:8 ⧉נַֽעַמְדָ֞הnaamdawe will stand 2 Chronicles 20:9:9 ⧉לִפְנֵ֨יlifnebefore 2 Chronicles 20:9:10 ⧉הַבַּ֤יִתhabayitthe house 2 Chronicles 20:9:11 ⧉הַזֶּה֙hazethis 2 Chronicles 20:9:12 ⧉וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָulefanekhaand before you 2 Chronicles 20:9:13 ⧉כִּ֥יkifor 2 Chronicles 20:9:14 ⧉שִׁמְךָ֖shimkhayour name 2 Chronicles 20:9:15 ⧉בַּבַּ֣יִתbabayitin the house 2 Chronicles 20:9:16 ⧉הַזֶּ֑הhazethis 2 Chronicles 20:9:17 ⧉וְנִזְעַ֥קvenizakand we will cry out 2 Chronicles 20:9:18 ⧉אֵלֶ֛יךָelekhato you 2 Chronicles 20:9:19 ⧉מִצָּרָתֵ֖נוּmitstsaratenufrom our distress 2 Chronicles 20:9:20 ⧉וְתִשְׁמַ֥עvetishmaand you will hear 2 Chronicles 20:9:21 ⧉וְתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃vetoshiaand you will save |
| 9. Formal Translation If calamity, sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine comes upon us, we will stand before this house and before You {Yahweh, Listening Sovereign}, for Your name is in this house, and we will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear and save. |
| 9. Dynamic Translation If disaster strikes us—whether by sword, judgment, plague, or hunger—we will stand in front of this temple and before You {Yahweh, Faithful Rescuer}, for Your name is in this house, and we will cry out to You when trouble comes, and You will hear us and rescue us. |